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Monkey King · Local time: Jan 21, 2007, 04:27 AM

I've heard that just chatting up strangers you meet is a good way to meet people, but I've never understood how this isn't rude. Maybe I'm just borderline autistic or something, but it always struck me as intrusive, engaging someone in unsolicited conversation with no common points of discussion but the weather. I know it would sure bother me.

This is a lot different from something like talking to other people in a club, where it's assumed you all share a common interest. Here, you're just walking up to someone who probably has business of their own, and dragging them into a forced interaction. Does this actually work for some people? Are other people not bothered by this? I'm just curious what other people's thoughts are on this.

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Monkey King · Local time: Jan 22, 2007, 08:49 PM

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Posted by RABicle
Isn't everyone a complete stranger to you at some point?

Well yeah, but the context is what's important. Complete strangers meeting together for some common purpose or interest, of course it's expected and appropriate to be trying to make friend.

Random person on the street, fellow shopper waiting in line, or some guy in a restaurant, you shoot the breeze on general topics, but it generally remains businesslike. I have a hard time seeing how it goes from idle chatter about the weather and the slow cashier to meaningful conversation and exchanging of numbers or whatnot.

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Monkey King · Local time: May 15, 2007, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by Reznor

I actually don't find it odd that a lot of the more prominent posters find it odd/disturbing/intruding. Why else would you be sitting on a computer all day if you had social skills?

...So do you have any useful advice you'd like to pass along? Or did you just wander in here to gloat?

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Monkey King · Local time: May 16, 2007, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Reznor

I think I gave advice, IE: Chat up random strangers, make more friends.

I wasn't gloating in the least. I said I find it odd.

But whatever, take offense because you're a social retard.

"Chat up random strangers, make more friends" is the biggest piece of condescending non-advice you could give, actually. But what would I know; I'm just a social retard, here to be obviously inferior to you so you'll feel better about yourself, right?

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